Western chimpanzee

Reduced to relict populations in places

Common Name		Western chimpanzee; Chimpanzé (Fr); Chimpancé (Sp)
Scientific Name		Pan troglodytes verus
Location		Central and west Africa
Status		IUCN: Endangered (EN A1cd+2cd)
Population		Between 21,000 and 55,000

Background

This information has been reviewed.

Habitat fragmentation has much reduced the original range of the western chimpanzee, and hunting for bushmeat has impacted populations. Between 21,000 and 55,000 individuals remain, mostly in Guinea and Côte D'Ivoire while only relict populations remain in Mali, Ghana, and Senegal. The subspecies is now extinct in Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Togo.

Habitat

Biogeographic realm
Afrotropical

Range States
Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria

Geographical Location
central and west Africa